Apple Tree 'Ashmeads Kernal'

• RHS Recommended: Award of Garden Merit heritage variety
• Distinctive, aromatic flavour with a nostalgic sweetness
• Semi-dwarf tree for easy harvesting and maintenance
• Well suited to UK gardens and growing conditions

Apple ‘Ashmead’s Kernel’ is a much-loved heritage variety dating back to the early 1700s and remains a favourite among apple enthusiasts today. Celebrated for its unique flavour, the fruit is intensely aromatic with a distinctive sweetness often compared to pear drops.

The apples are best enjoyed fresh once fully ripe, when their complex flavour really shines. This historic variety offers something truly different from modern supermarket apples, rewarding patient growers with fruit full of character and depth.

Grafted onto semi-dwarfing M26 rootstock, ‘Ashmead’s Kernel’ grows to a manageable size, making harvesting and pruning straightforward. Recognised by the Royal Horticultural Society with an Award of Garden Merit, it’s a reliable and rewarding choice for UK gardens.

Rootstock: M26 (semi-dwarfing)

Height at maturity: 2.5–3.5m

Supplied as a bare-root specimen